Macario Sakay
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Macario Sakay was a Filipino revolutionary general and later guerrilla leader who continued the struggle for Philippine independence against American colonial rule in the early 20th century.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Macario Sakay canonical | 3 |
| Macario de Leon Sakay | 1 |
| Macario de León Sakay | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2401937 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Macario Sakay Context triple: [Philippine Revolution, leader, Macario Sakay]
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A.
Antonio Luna
Antonio Luna was a prominent Filipino general, military strategist, and nationalist leader known for his fierce resistance against American forces during the Philippine–American War.
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B.
Emilio Aguinaldo
Emilio Aguinaldo was a Filipino revolutionary leader and the first President of the Philippines, who played a central role in the struggle for independence from Spanish and later American rule.
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C.
Andrés Bonifacio
Andrés Bonifacio was a Filipino nationalist and revolutionary who founded the Katipunan and is often regarded as the "Father of the Philippine Revolution" against Spanish colonial rule.
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D.
Gregorio Aglipay
Gregorio Aglipay was a Filipino Catholic priest, nationalist, and religious leader who became the first Obispo Máximo (supreme bishop) of the Philippine Independent Church after breaking from the Roman Catholic Church during the Philippine struggle for independence.
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E.
Lapu-Lapu
Lapu-Lapu was a 16th-century chieftain of Mactan in the Philippines, renowned for resisting Spanish colonization and being credited with the defeat of Ferdinand Magellan in the Battle of Mactan.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Macario Sakay Target entity description: Macario Sakay was a Filipino revolutionary general and later guerrilla leader who continued the struggle for Philippine independence against American colonial rule in the early 20th century.
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A.
Antonio Luna
Antonio Luna was a prominent Filipino general, military strategist, and nationalist leader known for his fierce resistance against American forces during the Philippine–American War.
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B.
Emilio Aguinaldo
Emilio Aguinaldo was a Filipino revolutionary leader and the first President of the Philippines, who played a central role in the struggle for independence from Spanish and later American rule.
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C.
Andrés Bonifacio
Andrés Bonifacio was a Filipino nationalist and revolutionary who founded the Katipunan and is often regarded as the "Father of the Philippine Revolution" against Spanish colonial rule.
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D.
Gregorio Aglipay
Gregorio Aglipay was a Filipino Catholic priest, nationalist, and religious leader who became the first Obispo Máximo (supreme bishop) of the Philippine Independent Church after breaking from the Roman Catholic Church during the Philippine struggle for independence.
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E.
Lapu-Lapu
Lapu-Lapu was a 16th-century chieftain of Mactan in the Philippines, renowned for resisting Spanish colonization and being credited with the defeat of Ferdinand Magellan in the Battle of Mactan.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (43)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Filipino revolutionary
ⓘ
general ⓘ guerrilla leader ⓘ person ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
Macario Sakay
ⓘ
surface form:
Macario de Leon Sakay
|
| birthDate | 1870-03-01 ⓘ |
| causeOfDeath | execution by hanging ⓘ |
| convictedBy | American colonial authorities in the Philippines ⓘ |
| convictedOf | brigandage ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | Philippines ⓘ |
| dateOfExecution | 1907-09-13 ⓘ |
| deathDate | 1907-09-13 ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | Filipino ⓘ |
| familyName | Sakay ⓘ |
| founded | Tagalog Republic ⓘ |
| fullName |
Macario Sakay
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
Macario de León Sakay
|
| givenName | Macario ⓘ |
| historicalPeriod | early 20th century ⓘ |
| ideology | Philippine independence ⓘ |
| languageSpoken |
Spanish
ⓘ
Tagalog ⓘ |
| militaryBranch | revolutionary forces against the United States ⓘ |
| militaryRank | general ⓘ |
| movement |
Philippine Revolution
ⓘ
Philippine–American War ⓘ continuing resistance to American rule ⓘ |
| notableFor |
continuing armed struggle for Philippine independence after formal end of the Philippine–American War
ⓘ
establishing a revolutionary government known as the Tagalog Republic ⓘ |
| notableWork | leadership of the Tagalog Republic ⓘ |
| occupation |
guerrilla fighter
ⓘ
revolutionary leader ⓘ |
| officeHeld | President of the Tagalog Republic ⓘ |
| opponent |
American colonial government in the Philippines
ⓘ
United States of America ⓘ |
| participatedIn |
Philippine Revolution
ⓘ
surface form:
Philippine Revolution against Spain
Philippine–American War ⓘ postwar guerrilla resistance against American rule ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth |
Tondo, Manila, Philippines
ⓘ
surface form:
Tondo, Manila, Captaincy General of the Philippines
|
| placeOfBurial |
Manila
ⓘ
surface form:
Manila, Philippines
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| placeOfDeath |
Bilibid Prison
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surface form:
Old Bilibid Prison, Manila, Philippine Islands
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| recognizedAs |
Filipino patriot
ⓘ
hero of the Philippine resistance against American colonization ⓘ |
| regionOfActivity |
Luzon
ⓘ
surface form:
Luzon, Philippines
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How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Macario Sakay Description of subject: Macario Sakay was a Filipino revolutionary general and later guerrilla leader who continued the struggle for Philippine independence against American colonial rule in the early 20th century.
Referenced by (5)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Macario de León Sakay
this entity surface form:
Macario de Leon Sakay